Lucha VaVoom makes London debut

Mixing unique live Mexican wrestling with the most flamboyant entertainment acts on the planet, Lucha VaVoom finally makes its UK debut on Sat 8 Nov at London’s The Troxy.  Born in Los Angeles, this incredible show has thrashed, thrived and thrilled audiences since its launch in 2002.  

The show is bold and unpredictable, offering an explosion of highly entertaining expertise and absurdity.  It’ll shake your foundations with thundering Luchadors, electrifying performers, and the energy that only an anything-can-happen happening can bring. This spectacular has already played for over 35,000 screaming fans of all ages in Paris, at the Fuji Rock Festival in Japan, The High-Performance Rodeo in Calgary, and at Australia’s Big Day Out!

It features Mexican Masked wrestlers, brought in from Mexico, the U.S., and parts unknown.  Good vs. evil played out in quick, exhibition-style, one-fall Lucha Libre matches for maximum impact.  It’s like watching a live-action cartoon performed at breakneck speed. Between matches, the audience will see top-shelf variety acts from around the world.  

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This is so much more than a wrestling show – the bill will feature some of the world’s best comedians and hottest new bands. Previous acts have included music from Peaches, comedy from Fred Armisen and Jack Black, performers such as Drag Race winner Violet Chachki, 12-time Guinness World Record Holder Marawa The Amazing, and rollerskating daredevils The La Roller Girls. They always present the craziest, most talented artists with that certain raw energy that only our performers can bring to such a full-force, glam-slam night out.

Devised by Rita D'Albert, the show’s unapologetic mission is to bring fun back to civilisation, and they will stop at nothing until they have conquered the known universe!  

“I wasn’t a wrestling person; when I first saw Lucha libre, I fell in love,” D’Albert said. “The masks, the characters & the outrageous feats of physicality blew my mind! It’s like the best punk shows I’d seen, and incredible theatrics. Add to that comedic play-by-play, daredevil dancers, my favourite bands, and it's unique and anything goes! It’s a wrestling show for people that don’t like wrestling, and those that do!  

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Rita D’Albert was born in Queens but was brought up amongst the counterculture of Southern California.  Her public debut was as a flautist, but she reinvented herself as a guitarist and platinum blonde glamour gal years later. She carved a niche for herself with a unique ability to stage energetic, wildly entertaining, oddball shows on the fertile grounds of post-punk Los Angeles.  

She was part of the White Trash Wins Lotto (the rise and fall of Axl Rose).  WTWL took the HBO Comedy Festival in Aspen by storm and was a critical and audience favourite. Rita returned the following year and performed in Catherine O’Hara’s late-night lounge with Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Andrea Martin.  From there, she took the show to a legendary run at The Roxy Theatre and the NY Comedy Festival to great acclaim.

“I love seeing new, electrifying things,” she added. “That’s the inspiration behind it. To combine these disparate elements and let them explode!  To forget the outside world with fun people who crave a crazy, communal experience. Those moments are pure magic. And it happens every time. It has always been my dream to bring MRLVV to London. It’s been my goal. We’ve wowed New York, Paris and LA, but I've always had my sights on the UK. I love the crowds here. Wrestling fans, music fans, theatre crowd, everyone.”                                                                  

Lucha VaVoom comes to London’s Troxy Theatre on Sat 8 Nov 2025.

Ticket link

www.troxy.co.uk  

Images by Jennifer McCarthy

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